Fall Gardens

Fall in the garden. From Flower Garden to Veggie Garden, November is the time to tackle the garden clean-up! Planning ahead for the next Spring gets your garden ready to flourish. Here are some tips to help you: Flower Garden Prune lightly and deadhead annuals and perennials to keep beds tidy. Avoid major pruning until late winter. Plant spring bulbs (tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, freesias, ranunculus). Chill tulips and hyacinths for 4–6 weeks before planting. Plant winter a

Paperwhites Fall just started. It's a great time to think about blooming bulbs as gifts for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Timing is everything. If you start now, you will have beautiful blooms to give as gifts . Here is a Blooming Bulb planning calendar: October Start Paperwhites (4–6 weeks to bloom) → Ready for Thanksgiving gifts. Begin chilling tulips, hyacinths, crocus, daffodils (10–14 weeks required). Plant Amaryllis indoors (6–10 weeks to bloom) for early December flowe

Yes, summer flew by. Here in Zone 9, we have wonderful weather in late summer, early fall. It's a great time to work in the garden. Here are some key activities to focus on: Vegetable Garden | Photo credit: Wix.com Vegetable Garden Plant cool-season crops: lettuce, spinach, kale, arugula, beets, carrots, peas, radishes, broccoli. Remove spent summer crops to free up space and reduce pests. Start garlic, shallots, and onions toward the end of September. Pansies | Photo Cre